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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The daughter of the king of the Nibelungs and wife of Sigurd, later of Atli, in the Volsunga Saga.
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_Third Gudrun Lay_, or the _Ordeal of Gudrun_ (after her marriage to
The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 L. Winifred Faraday
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One day, however, when the ladies go down to the river to take a bath, Brynhild will not bathe further down stream than Gudrun, that is, in the water which flows from Gudrun to her, 5 giving as the reason, that her father was mightier and her husband braver, since he had ridden through the fire, while Sigurd had been a menial.
The Nibelungenlied 2007
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The Gudrun is the longest containership in the world at 1,203.7 feet.
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Brynhild will not bathe further down stream than Gudrun, that is, in the water which flows from Gudrun to her, (5) giving as the reason, that her father was mightier and her husband braver, since he had ridden through the fire, while Sigurd had been a menial.
The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway
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'Thank you very much,' called Gudrun, in the strange, twanging voice of lonely chagrin that was very puzzling to him.
Women in Love 1907
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"Edda" Sigurd's wife is called Gudrun, and the remembrance of Worms is lost.
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When it came to the relation with a woman such as Gudrun, he, Loerke, had an approach and a power that Gerald never dreamed of.
Women in Love 1907
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Nibelungenlied, -- of which we give a synopsis, -- which is often termed the Iliad of Germany, while "Gudrun" is considered its Odyssey.
The Book of the Epic 1894
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"Gudrun," saith he, "thus hast thou lost thy brethren, and thy very self hast brought it about."
The Story of the Volsungs Anonymous 1873
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[Footnote 24: See the author's "Legends of the Rhine."] [Footnote 25: See the author's "Legends of the Middle Ages."] [Footnote 26: Detailed accounts of "Gudrun" and several other of these subordinate epics can be found in the author's "Legends of the Middle
The Book of the Epic 1894
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